At last week's Mount Pleasant Town Council meeting, Mayor Billy Swails said he was putting the idea of changing the town's form of government to rest.

Swails has been a proponent for adopting a "strong mayor" form of government and moving away from the "strong council" form that the town has utilized for many years.

At a Police, Legal and Judicial Committee meeting earlier in the month, Swails, the chairman of the committee, again voiced his desire for a referendum to allow the public to vote on the issue.

But fellow committee members Elton Carrier, Thomasena Stokes-Marshall and Chris Nickels did not feel the same way. Without a recommendation to take the matter to Town Council for a vote, the other option was for a public-initiated petition which would require 15 percent of the town's registered voters, or roughly 7,500 signatures.

At that time, Swails said that could happen.

But at the Feb. 14 Town Council meeting, he had changed his tune.

"Things are going well in the Town of Mount Pleasant, so I think we're just going to cool our heels on this," Swails said during the meeting.

Later in the meeting, a first reading passed regarding the establishment of a mobile food truck pilot program, after a committee recommendation for approval. That recommendation did not favor two proposed amendments that would forbid the trucks to provide seating or to set up adjacent to established restaurants.

Councilman Nickels said those amendments would only hurt the food trucks which he says need to be present in the town.

"I am in favor of food trucks in Mount Pleasant," he said. "I think its vibrant. I look forward to a food truck rodeo in Waterfront Park, just like in Marion Square."

Later, during the public services committee report, the motion of extending the pier hours at Memorial Waterfront Park to 11 p.m. was discussed, and approved. Councilwoman Linda Page mentioned her concern for safety, and Nickels said the area would be patrolled regularly, and also pointed out the location of a police substation that looks directly down the pier.

"If any folks are thinking about using the pier for something illegal, I'd strongly recommend you think twice," Nickels said.

Also discussed was a first reading on an amendment of a noise ordinance which has evolved due to the extensive road projects in Mount Pleasant.

The amendment will permit night construction where applicable, in an effort to get the work done as quickly as possible.